Deploying Metabase to Scalingo

Deploying Using Scalingo's One-click Button

Click on the button below to deploy Metabase to Scalingo within minutes.

Deploying Using Scalingo's Command Line Tool

1. Create an application on Scalingo:

$ scalingo create my-metabase

2. Add a PostgreSQL for the internal usage of Metabase:

$ scalingo --app my-metabase addons-add postgresql postgresql-starter-512

3. Configure your application to use the appropriate buildpack for deployments:

$ scalingo --app my-metabase env-set 'BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/Scalingo/multi-buildpack'

4. Clone this repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/Scalingo/metabase-scalingo

5. Configure git:

$ cd metabase-scalingo
$ scalingo --app my-metabase git-setup

6. Deploy the application:

$ git push scalingo master

Configuring the Application Deployment Environment

The following environment variables are available for you to adjust, depending on your needs:

Name	Description	Default value
BUILDPACK_URL	URL of the buildpack to use.	https://github.com/Scalingo/multi-buildpack.git
DATABASE_URL	URL of your database addon. Only available if you have a database addon provisioned.	Provided by Scalingo
MAX_METASPACE_SIZE	Maximum amount of memory allocated to Java Metaspace1.	512m (512MB)

Metabase also supports many environment variables.

Updating Metabase on Scalingo

To upgrade to the latest version of Metabase, you only need to redeploy it, this will retrieve the latest version avaible on the Metabase buildpack.

Updating After Deploying Using Scalingo's One-click Button

If you deployed your Metabase instance via our One-click button, you can update it with the following command:

$ scalingo --app my-metabase deploy https://github.com/Scalingo/metabase-scalingo/archive/refs/heads/master.tar.gz

Updating After Deploying Using Scalingo's Command Line Tool

$ cd metabase-scalingo
$ git pull origin master
$ git push scalingo master

Footnotes

1. See https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/HotSpot/Metaspace for further details about Java Metaspace. ↩